English Department Writing Awards

Conducted by Writing Awards Director Eugene RichieRefreshments will be served. Please join us for the ceremony.

Welcome
Dr. Erica Johnson, English Department Chair

Willis, Owens, Gill, Cannon, and Rose Creative Writing, Literary or Film Criticism, and Journalism Awards, and the Academy of American Poets PrizeThe Sarah Willis, Billie and Curtis Owens, Richard Gill, Gerard Cannon, and James Rose memorial funds, named in honor of distinguished English Department faculty, and the David A. Bickimer-Promise of Learnings / Academy of American Poets Prize

Fiction

Juliet Mueller

Sarah Willis Award

1st Place

Haley Boden

Richard Gill Award

1st Place

Sabrina Boyle

Sarah Willis Award

2nd Place

Sabeen Aziz

Richard Gill Award

2nd Place

Rachael Pepper

Gerard Cannon Award

3rd Place

Nessie Nankivell

Billie and Curtis Owens Award

3rd Place

Alisha Thompson

Gerard Cannon Award

Honorable Mention

Daniel Sherwood

Billie and Curtis Owens Award

Honorable Mention

Screenwriting

Trevor Brenden

Richard Gill Award

1st Place

Joe Reault

Gerard Cannon Award

2nd Place

Joshua Kennedy

Sarah Willis Award

3rd Place

Journalism

Irene Schultz

Sarah Willis Award

1st Place

Sarah Hartzell

Richard Gill Award

2nd Place

Melissa Persaud

Sarah Willis Award

3rd Place

Maximiliano Onofre

Billie and Curtis Owens Award

Honorable Mention

Playwriting

Harold Hodge, Jr.

Sarah Willis Award

1st Place

Messiah Hagood-Barnes

Richard Gill Award

2nd Place

Angelica Gorga

Gerard Cannon Award

3rd Place

Kelsey Senteio

Sarah Willis Award

Honorable Mention

Megan Millisky

Billie and Curtis Owens Award

Honorable Mention

Critical or Creative Nonfiction

Marissa DeMarino

Richard Gill Award

1st Place

Kristen Bianco

Billie and Curtis Owens Award

2nd Place

Megan Millisky

Richard Gill Award

3rd Place

Irene Schultz

Gerard Cannon Award

Honorable Mention

Amber Elie-Pierre

Sarah Willis Award

Honorable Mention

Poetry

Juliet Mueller

David A. Bickimer—Promise of Learnings /Academy of American Poets Prize

Jessica Jimenez is a Junior at Pace University majoring in Psychology. She began writing poetry from the encouragement of Charles North, Pace's Poet in Residence, and her mother, former Pace alumni Class of '84 and former Aphros editor.

Megan Millisky is a Film and Screen studies major with minors in Creative Writing and Communications. She loves reading, writing, exploring the city and cuddling with her dogs. This summer she will be directing her first film, a claymation movie, and someday she hopes to write for television and film.

Sabrina Boyle is a sophomore undergrad majoring in English Language and Literature. She loves reading, playing music, and writing. She hopes to one day own a pet pig.

English Department

Erica Johnson, Chair
Sid Ray, Associate Chair

Film and Screen Studies Program Director

Catherine Zimmer

Writing Awards Director

Eugene Richie

Willis, Owens, Gill, Cannon, and Rose Creative Writing, Literary or Film Criticism, and Journalism Awards, and the Academy of American Poets Prize Award Committees

FICTION

Ellease Ebele Oseye, Chair
Helane Levine-Keating
Randolyn Zinn

SCREENWRITING

Jon Danziger, Chair
Frank Martinelli

JOURNALISM

Kelley Kreitz, Chair
Sarah Blackwood
Lila MacLellan

PLAYWRITING

Randolyn Zinn, Co-Chair
Judd Silverman, Co-Chair

CRITICAL OR CREATIVE NONFICTION

Mark Hussey, Chair
Bureen Ruffin
Brice Particelli

POETRY

Charles North, Chair
Tom Breidenbach
Eugene Richie

LITERARY OR FILM CRITICISM

Sarah Blackwood, Chair
Stephanie Hsu
Catherine Zimmer

Special thanks to our Department Administrative Staff Associate, Carol Dollison, and our outstanding student assistants—Sambridhi Ghimire, Elijah Jones, and Shivali Choythani—for help with publicity, award committee work, and the awards ceremony; to Christian Gomez, Editor-in-Chief, and Maximilliano Onofre, Executive Editor, of The Pace Press, for publicizing the awards competition and ceremony; to the Dyson College Communications Office (Angela Nally, Diane Wai, Chris Snow, Ryan Milan, Sam Swatski) for posters, flyers, photography, and event publicity in Pace publications and on Dyson Websites and social media; and to Winston Vera, Derrick Jones, Diane Lewis, and Jonathan Forte for their dedicated efforts in making awards certificates, publicity materials, manuscript copies, and the ceremony program.